1. Approved by……………………/Head of English language Department Prof. Ts.Dagiimaa .Ph.D
Curriculum for English Conversation for the first year students
majored in English teacher
2013-2014 Academic year Autumn semester
Resource Student‟s book „‟Elementary‟‟ Upstream by Virgina Evans-Jenny Dooley
Work book „‟Elementary‟‟ Upstream by Virgina Evans-Jenny Dooley
Week Module Unit
Topics
Contents
1
1.Work day
2.Round the clock
3. Chill out
Learn how to….
To describe people‟s job
Unit1
3
Moments in life
2
5
In a world of our own
4
Unit 2 1. Guess what
2. History‟s hall of
fame
3.Reliving the past
Date
Exercise in
class
SB p6-10 ex
1,2,3,4,5.8and 9
Homework
SB p10-17SB
WBpp12.13 ex
1-5
SB p 18-24
WB pp-8-9
WB pp 1415.18
all exercises
SB p26-30
WB pp20-21
Ex 1-5
SB p ex 6.7
WB p4.5.10ex
Talk about your daily routine
Make and respond to requests
make respond to suggestions
talk about past experiences
name nationalities
Unit 2
1. Homes of the
past
2.Special days
3.Review of
moments in life
Unit 3 1. Holiday time
2.Let‟s book now
3.Let‟s celebrate
Learn how to…..
Describe a trip
Book a holiday
Unit 3 1.Greetings from
2.Come rain or
shine
3.A world of
wonders
React to bad news
Express surprise
Request-giverefuse
SB pp 30-37
WB pp23
Ex 1-3
WB pp 28-29
Ex 1-5
Date

2. permission
6
Unit 4 1.The animal
kingdom
2.Help me
3. Revision of the
module
Unit 5 1.Nature‟s attack
2.Bad days
3.News flash
7
9
Unit5
For dear life
8
10
1.What a day
2.What‟s the matter
3.Doctor,doctor
Unit 6 1.Healthy lifestyles
2.All in all
3.Review of for
dear life
Unit 7
Dinner time
2.Shopping time
3.Spend,spend
Unit 7 1.Dinning in style
2.Survival UK
3.New members
11
SB pp38-45
Ex 1-4
Learn how to…..
SB pp46-50
WB pp 36-37
Ex 1-5
WB pp 38-39
SB pp 50-56
Ex 1-9
WB pp 44-45
Ex 1-5
SB pp 57-62
Ex 1-9
WB pp 46-47
Ex 1-5
WB pp 50
SB pp 66-70
Ex 1-9
WB pp 52-56
Ex 1-5
SB pp 71-77
Ex 1-9
WB pp 57-58
Ex 1-5
WB pp 60-61
SB pp 78-81
Ex 1-9
WB pp 62-63
Ex 1-5
WB pp 66
SB pp 86-90
Ex 1-9
WB pp 68-71
Ex 1-5
WB pp 74
SB pp 91-96
WB pp 76-77
Narrate past experience
Give news and react
Ask for medicine at the
chemist‟s
Advise on health matters
Learn how to…..
WB pp 30-31
Ex 1-4
WB pp 34
Order food from a
takeaway
Decide on clothes
13
14
Incredible
but true
12
Go for it
Buy things
Unit 8 1.What‟s on
2.Don‟t miss it
3. Review of
„‟Go for it‟‟
Unit 9 1. Great gadget
2. Smart brains
3. Click on it
Unit
1.To sum up
Express agreement and
disagreement
Learn how to…….
Describe objects

3. 10
15
16
Unit
10
2.The truth is out
there
3.Are you a
believer
1.Is there a future
2.Believe it or not
3.Review of
“Incredible but
true”
Review of units
Ex 1-9
Ex 1-5
SB pp 96-101
Ex 1-9
Offer/accept/refuse help
WB pp 78-79
Ex 1-5
WB pp 82
Exchange opinions
Summarise a text
Revise………
Some verb tenses learnt by
students
How to use all materials which
are revised
Remind all studied grammar
materials and vocabulary